Population Census 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1991

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BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Marital status (BD1991A_0403)

Data file: BGD1991-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 118

End: 118

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

17. Marital status

[] 1. Never married
[] 2. Married
[] 3. Widowed
[] 4. Divorced/Separated

Categories

Value	Category
1	Never married
2	Married
3	Widowed
4	Divorced or separated

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

17. Marital status:
If it is easily understandable from his/her age and relationship that he/she is married then don't ask the question and mark (2) oval cell. Ask "Have (person) ever married?" if you cannot understand. If the answer is "No" then mark (1) under unmarried and if "Yes" ask again "Is he/she currently married?" mark(2) under married if the answer is "Yes" and ask "Is she widow" female respondent and ask for men "Is he is widower?" if the answer is "No". If yes fill the oval cell (3) below widow/widower, and if no fill oval cell (4).

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the marital status.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Demographic Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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